Stanton Bliss: Stanton by T L Swan

Author:T L Swan [Swan, T L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: T L Swan
Published: 2016-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

The horror of post-traumatic stress lives within me. I am sombre and I’m tired. I don’t now where I want to be, but I know it isn’t here, dealing with this.

The trip from the airport to the hotel our temporary home in L.A. – is made in complete silence. It’s 1am and Ben, who is driving, has just had an altercation with a photographer at the airport. He was only trying to protect me. The photographer tried to grab me to get his shot when Ben lost it, pushed him, sending the photographer flying until he fell over.

They will try and sue him, they always do.

Is this our new life?

Paparazzi will go into overdrive with the news that we have returned and will all be waiting for the first shots. What a mess. Joshua is wound up and nobody is speaking. After my little breakdown on Tuesday, I spent the next two days in bed with Cameron and Joshua fussing over me. Trying to will me back to life.

It worked… just.

Joshua has insisted that Cameron goes and stays with Adrian and Bridget for a few days. Cameron is struggling, too, and I know my husband is concerned for his beloved brother. We have all noticed that he hasn’t been his carefree self since we have been in Kamala. Cameron’s mind is preoccupied with regret. Could we have saved Amelie if we had done things differently? We will never get the chance to know now, and I think that’s half the battle: the feeling of helplessness we all share.

The finality of the situation.

We pull into the round driveway and Joshua leads me out of the car where an attendant is waiting.

“Mr. Stanton, this way.” He gestures with his hand to the elevator. Joshua and I nod gratefully. A long check in would be unbearable at this stage of the night. Two minutes later, and on the tenth floor, we follow the attendant down the corridor, eventually spotting our security all standing outside the doors to their apartments. I nod a silent thank you for their support.

“Hello.”

They smile as we walk past.

The porter opens the door of the room we had last time. I look in and smile, I have happy memories here and a certain hot kind of massage runs naked through my mind.

Joshua nods. “Thank you.”

The attendant hands over two key cards.

“Nobody can access this level though the lifts?” Joshua asks.

“No, sir. All access has been blocked and the fire stairs are locked from the other side.”

“We will have a guard on the front doors at all times,” Joshua instructs.

My heart sinks and I know my life will be different forever.

“Of course.” The attendant nods nervously.

“Thank you.” Joshua nods back.

“If there is anything else, sir, please call this number directly.” He hands over a business card with his personal details on it.

Joshua nods and holds his hand out in a get out of my fucking room gesture, and I bite my bottom lip to contain my smile.

Joshua closes the door, turns to me and takes me in his arms.

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